May 2008
By developers, for developers
WebLogic Platform 10.2 Evaluation Guide; Krugle

April featured two important Dev2Dev news items. First, CodeShare now offers the capability for submitted code to be indexed and made searchable by Krugle, the code search engine. For details, see the announcement article and Jim Wright's blog on submitting CodeShare code to Krugle.

The second major news item is the release of the BEA WebLogic Platform 10.2 Evaluation Guiide. The evaluation guide provides a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to the WebLogic Platform 10.2. The guide is divided into three chapters:

  • Chapter 1: Application Development Solutions
  • Chapter 2: Integration Solutions
  • Chapter 3: Portal Solutions

and also includes a "Spotlight on Adobe Flex." The Platform Evaluation Guide walks you through a realistic project involving the mythical company Avitek, Inc., "a major consumer electronics firm that requires an enhancement to their order management system." The existing system is a mishmash of proprietary, often home-grown systems that were developed at different times using different technologies, lacking clean interfaces to enable access to and coordination between the subsystems, etc. I think you know what I'm talking about!

Anyway, the Platform 10.2 Evaluation Guide provides a thorough introduction (596 pages long), chock-full of code snippets, screen shots, and step-by-step instructions on how the WebLogic Platform was applied to rescue Avitek from its unenviable situation.

Looking ahead, the confluence of the BEA and Oracle developer communities has already begun. I received an email today from Justin Kestelyn, who blogs on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), pointing me to his recent post Sunrise: the BEA and Oracle Developer Communities Come Together. In the post, Justin talks about the similarities between the Dev2Dev/Arch2Arch and OTN communities with respect to philosophy, approach, community tools, etc. I think the next few months are going to be exciting, as the developer communities from these two highly innovative companies get to know one other better than ever before. Stay tuned!

Regards,
Kevin Farnham
Editor, BEA Dev2Dev
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CodeShare now offers the capability for submitted code to be indexed and made searchable by Krugle.com, the code search engine. This integration provides significant advantages for developers: your code gains visibility and prominence, joining code from sites like IBM Developer Works, Java.net, and SourceForge.net on Krugle.
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James Bayer provides a hands-on discussion about using X.509 certificates for identity propagation with Web Service Security. James wrote the post after working with a customer who is seeking to apply best practices for authentication, integrity, and confidentiality in a new web services interface.
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Replay Reconsidered
In "Replay Considered" Gilbert Pilz talks about WS-ReliableMessaging. WSRM is an OASIS specification that describes a protocol that allows SOAP messages to be delivered reliably between distributed applications in the presence of software component, system, or network failures.
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SaaS Podcast Links and Notes
While taking a very long automobile trip, Peter Laird listened to a collection of podcasts about SaaS, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and on demand. In this post, he describes and provides links to his selection of recommended podcasts.
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WebLogic Portal: Exposing Portlets as Enterprise Google Gadgets
Peter Laird posted a in-depth two-part series on WebLogic and Google Gadgets. The first post introduces Google Gadgets. Integration with WebLogic is described in WebLogic Portal: Exposing Portlets (JSR 168, WSRP, JSF, Struts, etc) as Enterprise Google Gadgets.
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If you're interested in working with Workspace Studio and AquaLogic Service Bus Version 3.0, Chris Tomkins provides the basics in this post, telling you how to add a server, create an ALSB project, create and deploy ALSB resources, and more.
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In this blog,Praveen Coca talks about the need to define UI guidelines that take account of all tiers when the presentation tier is designed.
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